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Effects of Holder Pasteurization on Human Milk Oligosaccharides

2008; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 21; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/039463200802100216

2058-7384

Enrico Bertino, Giovanni V. Coppa, Francesca Giuliani, Alessandra Coscia, Orazio Gabrielli, Giuseppe Sabatino, M. Sgarrella, Tiziana Testa, Lucia Zampini, C Fabris,

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences

The benefits of human milk have been confirmed for preterm infants, due to its nutritional aspects and to its biologically active compounds. Oligosaccharides play an emerging leading role among these compounds. Mother's milk can sometimes be lacking for preterm infants; pasteurized donor milk represents therefore an important alternative. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of Holder pasteurization on the concentration and pattern of oligosaccharides in preterm human milk. Our results indicate that pasteurization does not affect the concentration or pattern of analyzed oligosaccharides.